Greg Janza
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I’d recommend that you stop using drag and drop to back up data.
Get a program like Dropsync and let it do the important work of making sure that every file gets copied across correctly.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “I think you have allowed Bill to mess with your head here.* FCP X is really, really, really not difficult to master – and master in depth.”
Sorry Simon, I didn’t mean to add to the mythology of FCPX.
You are correct that it’s easy to pick up and that many editors are highly adaptable to it. I learned it quickly as well.
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Cue Bill’s FCPX glorifying rebuttal in 3,2,1…
One aspect that doesn’t get mentioned in all of this nonsense about why FCPX lacks real traction after seven years is that basic human nature is fighting against it.
Most people want the path of least resistance. When prompted with the option of learning a whole new approach to editing I’m going to guess that 9 out of 10 folks will pass.
I learned it out of necessity to take a FCPX gig and had the gig not come along there’s little chance that I would’ve taken the time to learn it.
Life is busy. Work schedules are demanding and so voluntarily taking even more time away from those activities that people actually like to do is not exactly a great selling point even if it’s heavily advertised to speed up your workflow.
Another thing that did get mentioned in the other thread is the perception that the software is a cheap pile of garbage that’s on the same level as imovie. This of course isn’t the case but whenever I bring up the subject of FCPX with other editors, that’s the response that I get.
The “cheap” moniker that’s been attached to the product also seems to be a limiting factor in it’s overall adoption.
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Hats off to you for doing all of that work but yes, there’s a much easier way. Purchase a pre-built transition that has alpha channel, drop it on your top layer and then change the blending mode of the transition layer.
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Save yourself a ton of time and buy a pre-built effect from one of many online vendors.
Here’s one option:
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I imported your files and I get the same results but isn’t it irrelevant since the original files work just fine in Premiere.
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[Neil Goodman] “If the shops switched – the editors would too – simple as that IMO.”
I’ve always believed it’s a simple matter of market forces at play.
If the majority of post houses and in-house media departments in my market had been early adopters of FCPX and had stayed committed to it over the years I would primarily be a FCPX editor today.
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can you upload a small .mxf clip?
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[Milla Spivey] “The Youtube guy said you can get rid of unused clips in Premiere project itself, but in order to reduce the clips on your hard drive you need to go one by one.”
Well, this would be the potential downside of using YouTube for tutorial purposes. If that was his advice then it’s completely wrong.
The notion of going through files one by one on a drive to clean out a project is quite simply idiotic.
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All previous reasons given for the lack of full fledged adoption of FCPX are valid and there’s also the confluence of the FCPX years of release and the perceived drop in quality of the overall Apple computer brand. The trashcan came in with a loud thud in 2013 and we’re only now getting it’s replacement on the market.
The days in which the aura of Apple releases would create huge buzz and excitement at Moscone Center died with Steve.
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